Wayan Juli

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My name is Wayan Juli. Actually, my full name is I Wayan Juliana. Wayan is a family name for the first child in Bali and Juliana is the name given by my parents because I was born on July. So, it's very easy for people to remember my name. Many thought that I was a female because of my name sounds a bit like a female's name. But I was a male. I was the first child and the only one in my family.

I started showing tourist around, since I was in University in the year 2008 as a part time job to help one of my cousin who also work as driver and tour guide. From him I learned how to be a good driver and how to be a good guide. To earn money actually was the first reason why I did the job. I needed to pay for my studies at that time and also to help my family income because my parents just work as farmers. However, the more I took tourists for a tour, the more I felt that this job made me more proud to be Balinese. I find that working as a Bali driver and tour guide and experiencing the deeper and hidden part of Bali is quite enjoyable as I have more chances to personally meet people from various areas, cultures and intellectual backgrounds.

I will make you discover and explain many things about the island of Bali. Not only because of money, but more than that. Showing people around to see the real Bali is my personal satisfaction. Having a new friend from another country, knowing a bit of their stories about their respective countries. This makes me even more excited to lead this job.

So, what are you waiting for? Come on join me to be Balinese and to explore the hidden part of Bali!

The Guide is very nice and helpful; give us lots of support and assistance us during the ceremony,The energy there is great. We are very lucky this time, we can enter the temple worship area Gate with the locals and experience the water blessings by the priestess there.It would be more secure if the guild contact the ceremonlist before, rather than just walk in by chance to join the locals together so that to get into the Temple worship area. To be honest, sometimes, the locals didn’t allow tourists get into the worship area to the Temple.

We joined the 1 day tour, guided by Mr. Wayan Juli and his friend Dewa, to the Mount Batur and Ubud, we went to the Tirta Temple which is great and very special, the view of Mount Batur and Lake Batur was stunning though it's cool up there. Wayan and Dewa were very friendly and toured us around and explained the history and culture of Bali to us and we found the trip very enjoyable. Plus they are very flexible on the trip planning and provide valuable input on route planning. We started the trip at almost noon and we think its better to start our trip earlier next time to allow sufficient time to different location :) I would surely recommend Wayan to my friends for future visit.

First, thanks to the customer support who assisted me when the booking was rescheduled. Thank you Julien! I appreciate your time calling me and helping me out.

Since Wayan wasn't around, Nyoman took over and he's the man! He picked me up in my hotel and had good conversations on spirituality and bits and pieces of Balinese traditions and culture. I've never forget how he explained how we are all connected - no matter where you're from or what you're religion is.

Nyoman walked me through the details of the ritual and explained the symbolism of each - from the flowers, to the prayers needed to be said and down to practices on showing respect. He guided me throughout the water cleansing and explained each station/fountain and how to do it right. He suggested to do it how he would do it as well. The whole ritual was invigorating. Nyoman also helped me taking photos and videos and it was nice of him to go through each phase with explanation.

After the visit to the temple, Nyoman took me to this food place where they serve Indonesian food and it was delicious! He said that he also takes his family/friends there to eat so it's good I also get to experience it myself.